David Jaffe Confirms New Space in Utah

New studio likely, but will he remain in San Diego?

What's David Jaffe up to these days? If Jaffe's hints are to be believed, the designer's establishing a studio of his own. The God of War and Calling All Cars mastermind pasted pictures from a busted up warehouse space last week under the tag of "coming soon," but has remained silent until today, where he mentioned he'd start talking about the mysterious space "very soon."

He did, however, confirm the pictures are from a location in Utah. Given Jaffe's past, this makes sense. Incognito, the studio currently working on the in-beta Warhawk and where Jaffe rocketed his design career with the Twisted Metal series, is headquartered in Utah. Jaffe's most recent collaboration with Incognito was over the PlayStation Network title Calling All Cars, which arrived online last month.

The idea of Jaffe going indie wouldn't be surprising; he revealed such a desire during a GameTrailers interview in April. "You never really know - Sony's been a great home for a long time and whether or not it's with an independent studio or staying within the walls of Sony, I always want to be able to contribute to Sony, but the specific way to get to that destination is under discussion right now," he said. "So whether or not that becomes a full fledged company or it becomes a more focused role within Sony, which is sort of all about these [downloadable] games is sort of TBD at the moment."

Looks like it might not be so TBD anymore, though.

During Calling All Cars' development, Jaffe often flew between his base camp in San Diego within Sony Computer Entertainment America and Incognito's digs in Salt Lake City, Utah. The relationship worked for Calling All Cars, so the idea of Jaffe experimenting with a similar back-and-forth for his next projects, confirmed to be PlayStation Network releases, sounds on-target.

Comments (20)

Who gives a crap?

Why do you guys at 1up.com consistently watch this guy like he's some sort of coked up celebrity? There were plenty of other people who worked on God of War other than Jaffe that helped to give it what made it such an amazing game. And there have been hundreds of thousands of people that have worked on other projects that were equally as good that never got this kind of coverage. Seriously, you watch this guy like the general public watches Paris Hilton these days... it's ridiculous. If the dude ate a piece of cheese, you guys would be all over it...

RE: King nothin

I disagree with you, King. If no one ever stated their opinion that an article is unnecessary, then articles such as those would continue to be made. The point of comments is to provide feedback about the article, whether it's positive or negative.

You have to look at the bigger picture....

The rumors about Jaffe going indie have been floating around for a long time now.
So this pretty much solidifies those rumors.
And Jaffe being the great developer that he is, this is significant related news.
Some of you cats just have a hard time getting past the topping *insert rolleyes here*

its funny

It's funny how many people comment on stories they don't care about but still bitch about it anyways. IF you don't care about the article, don't read: That simple. If you do read it, we don't really care that you do. He's made more than 1 good game. Twisted Metal 1 and 2 were fun as hell, Twisted Metal Black was going to be the rebirth of a fallen franchise, and he did bring us the God of War series, albeit he dropped out of 2. So what if he talks too much? You're just helping him out by reading his shit then replying about it.

RE:Kilgour

I don't know how frequently you read news related to gaming, but whenever a single developer/desingner of a major IP decides to open their own development house, it's always been big news. It happened when Hideo Kojima(Metal Gear)opened Kojima productions, and when Sakaguchi(Final Fantasy)opened Mistwalker studios.

This article seems useless.

Seriously, what possible impact could this tidbit of news have on the gaming industry? If you're going to report some minor story about David Jaffe possibly moving to some other location in Utah, why not tell us about every game developer in the world who might move? It's pointless. Stick to news that are actually about games.

this guy is so overrated.

Why doees 1up even mention his name? Granted he helped make 1 good title, but he didn't make it alone and calling all cars wasn't that great. This dude should stick to making Learning games for kindergarden students.

As much respect...

...as I have for the guy, I'll never understand why he moved on from the God of War licensce. It's like Hideo Kojima moving on from Metal Gear Solid, you just don't see it happening. While Jaffe will always be considered as the originator, it's now Cory Barlog's name which will go on to become synonomous with God of War.

MS LOL

yeah im sure hes gonna goto ms after he's talked soo much shit about them. Jaffe owns and his new studio is probably under sony. they pay him well enough he's been there for a loooong time. not to mention the thing with its closeness to incog.

Patrick Klepek comfirms he can't get off Jaffe's nut sack.

really....Jaffe is the most important developer in the history of 1up apparently. Forget knowing the guys who made any other awesome games by name, David Jaffe is all you have to hear about as far as 1up and pk are concerned.

I doubt he's breaking with Sony...

...just moving to Utah to be closer to SCEA-owned Incognito Entertainment. My guess is he's gonna cull away a few Incog staffers to form a slightly more autonomous (yet still Sony-owned) studio that solely develops DLC for PSN. He's too volatile to loose altogether; I hope Sony realizes this.

God of War 3? 360? CONFIRMED!

OK, maybe not... But what the hell? He is opening his own studio to make more Calling All Cars turds? No thanks... I honestly thought Sony was putting Jaffe up to acting like an idiot just to squeeze some money out of him on their online store, but this is just ridiculous...